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USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 iv T erminology AES Advanced Encryption S tandard ANSI American National S tandards Institute AP Access Point CCK Complementary Code Keying CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision A voidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collis ion Detection DHCP Dynamic Host Confi[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 v T able of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................... .1 1.1 P ACKAGE CONTENTS ...........................................................................................................[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 vi 4 FREQUENTL Y ASKED QUESTI ONS (F AQ) .................................................................... 35 4.1 W HA T AND HOW T O FIND MY PC’ S IP AND MAC ADD RESS ? ............................................... 35 4.2 W HA T IS W IRELESS LAN? .............................[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 1 1 Introduction The W ireless LAN Broadband Router is an af fordable IEEE 802.1 1b wireless LAN broadband router solution; setting SOHO and enterprise standard for high performance, secure, manageable and reliable WLAN. This document describes the steps required for the initial IP [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 2 Dimension 160 x 1 10 x 35 mm Operating T emperature 0 – 50 o C ambient temperature S torage T emperature -20 - 70 o C ambient temperature Humidity 5 to 90 % maximum (non-condensing) 1.3 Product Features ¾ Complies with IEEE 802.1 1b standard for 2.4GHz W ireless LAN. ¾ Support[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 3 Figure 1 –X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Br oadband Router Front Panel LED Indicator S tate Description 1. Power LED On The X-Micro W LAN 1 1b Broadband Router is powered on. Off The X-Micro W LAN 1 1b Broadband Router is powered of f. 2. WLAN Activity LED Flashing Data is transmitting or re[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 4 1.5 Rear Panel Description Figure 2 – X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Br oadband Router Rear Panel Interfaces Description 1. Reset Push continually the reset button 5 seconds to reset the configuration parameters to fact ory defaults. 2. W AN The RJ-45 socket allows W AN connection through a [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 5 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation S tep One: Place the W ireless LAN Broadband R outer to the best optimum transm ission location. The best transmission location for your X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router is usually at the geographic cente r of your wireless network, with [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 6 3 Software configuration There are web based management and configurat ion functions allowing you to have the jobs done easily . The X-Micro W LAN 1 1b Broadband Router is de livered with the following factory default parameters on the Ethernet LAN interfaces. Default IP Address :[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 7 2. Move mouse and double-click the right button on Network and Dial-up Connections icon. Move mouse and double-click the Local Area Connection icon. The Local Ar ea Connection window will appear . Click Pr operties button in the Local Area Connection window . 3. Check the installe[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 8 3.2 Connect to the X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router Open a W EB browser , i.e. Microsoft Internet Explore, then enter 192.168.1.254 on the URL to connect the X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router . 3.3 Management and configuration on the X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router 3.3.1 St [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 9 SSID It shows the SSID of this X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router . The SSID is the unique name of X-Micro W LAN 1 1b Broadband Router and shared among its service area, so all devices attempts to jo in the same wireless network can identify it. Channel Number It shows the wireles[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 10 3.3.2 W ireless Basic Settings This page is used to configure the para meters for wireless LAN clients that m ay connect to your Broadband Router . He re you may change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters. Screen snapshot – W ireless Basic Settin[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 11 Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to co mplete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.3 W ireless Advanced Settings These settings are only for m ore technically advanced users who[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 12 Beacon Interval Set the Beacon Interv al, value can be written between 20 and 1024 ms. Refer to 4.12 W hat is Beacon Interval? Data Rate Select the transmissi on data rate from pull-down menu. Data rate can be auto-select , 1 1M, 5.5M, 2M or 1Mbps. Preamble T ype Click to select [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 13 Item Description Encryption Select the encryption su pported over wireless access. The encryption method can be None, WEP or WP A. Refer to 4.9 What is WEP? 4.15 What is W i-Fi Protected Access (WP A)? 4.16 W hat is 802.1X Authentication? 4.17 W hat is T emporal Key In tegrity Pr[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 14 Screen snapshot – Set WEP Key Item Description Key Length Select the WEP shared secret key length from pull-down menu. The length can be chose between 64-bit and 128-bit (known as “WEP2”) keys. The W EP key is composed of initialization vector (24 bits) and secret key (40-b[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 15 WEP encryption key (secret key) length: Length Format 64-bit 128-bit ASCII 5 characters 13 characters HEX 10 hexadecimal codes 26 hexadecimal codes 3.3.5 W ireless Access Control If you enable wireless access control, only those clients w hose wireless MAC addresses are in the ac[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 16 Comment Fill in the comments for the registere d client. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the client to new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Current Access Control List It s[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 17 Item Description Enable W ireless Distribution System Click the check box to enab le wireless distribution system. Refer to 4.20 What is W ireless Distribution System (WDS)? MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the wireless distribution system access capability .[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 18 Screen snapshot – LAN Interface Setup Item Description IP Address Fill in the IP address of LAN interfaces of this X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router . Subnet Mask Fill in the subnet m a sk of LAN interfaces of this X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router . Default Gateway Fill in t[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 19 Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to co mplete the new configuration setting. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.8 W AN Interface Setup This page is used to configure the para meters for wide area network th[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 20 in the subnet mask for it. Default Gateway If you select the S tatic IP support on W AN interface, fill in the default gateway for W AN interface out going data packets. DNS 1 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 1. DNS 2 Fill in the IP address of Domain Name Server 2. DN[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 21 address assigned automatically from a DHCP server . Attain DNS Automatically Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support. Please select Set DNS Manually if the DHCP support is selected. Set DNS Manually Click to select getting DNS address for DHCP support. DNS 1 Fill in [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 22 PPPoE Click to select PPPoE support on W AN interface. There are user name, password, c onnection type and idle time settings need to be done. User Name If you select the PPPoE support on W AN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPPoE server . Password If y[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 23 Clone MAC Address Fill in the MAC addr ess that is the MAC address to be cloned. Refer to 4.23 W hat is Clone MAC Address? Enable uPNP Click the chec kbox to enable uPNP function. Refer to 4.21 W hat is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 24 Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the PPTP Server . User Name If you select the PPTP support on W AN interface, fill in the user name and password to login the PPTP server . Password f you select the PPTP support on W AN interface, fill in the user name and password to lo[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 25 Screen snapshot – Firewall - Port Filtering Item Description Enable Port Filtering Click to ena ble the port filtering security function. Port Range Protocol Comments T o restrict data transmission from the local network on certain ports, fill in the range of star t-port and en[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 26 3.3.10 Firewall - IP Filtering Entries in this table are u sed to restrict certain types of data pa ckets from your local network to Internet through the Gatewa y . Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restrict ing your local network. Screen snapshot – Firewall - I[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 27 Delete All Click to delete all the registe red entries from the IP-filtering list. Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. 3.3.11 Firewall - MAC Filtering Entries in this table are u sed to restrict certain types of data pa cke[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 28 Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration setting. Delete Selected Click to delete the selected MAC address that will be removed from the MAC-filtering list. Delete All Click to delete all the registe red entries from the MAC-filtering li[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 29 Port Range Comment firewall, fill in the IP addr ess, protocol, port range and your comments. The Pr otocol can be TCP , UDP or Both. The Port Range for data transmission. Comments let you know about whys to allow data packets forward to the IP address and port number . Apply Cha[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 30 Screen snapshot – Firewall - DMZ Item Description Enable DMZ Click to enable the DMZ function. DMZ Host IP Addr ess T o support DMZ in your firewall design, fill in the IP address of DMZ host that can be access from the W AN interface. Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes butt[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 31 Screen snapshot – S tatistics Item Description W ireless LAN Sent Packets It shows the statistic count of sent packets on the wireless LAN interface. W ireless LAN Received Packets It shows the statistic count of received packets on the wireless LAN interface. Ethernet LAN Sent[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 32 Screen snapshot – Upgrade Firmware Item Description Select File Click the Br owse button to select th e new version of web firmware image file. Upload Click the Upload button to update the selected web firmware image to the X-Micro WLAN 1 1b Broadband Router . Reset Click the R[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 33 Screen snapshot – Save/Reload Settings Item Description Save Settings to File Click the Save button to download the configuration parameters to your personal computer . Load Settings from File Click the Browse button to select the configuration files then click the Upload butto[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 34 Screen snapshot – Password Setup Item Description User Name Fill in the user name for web managem ent login control. New Password Fill in the password for web managem ent login control. Confirmed Password Because the password in put is invisi ble, so please fill in the password[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 35 4 Frequently Asked Questions (F AQ) 4.1 What and how to find my PC’ s IP and MAC address? IP address is the identifier for a com puter or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the T CP/IP protocol route messages ba sed on the IP address of the destination. The format of an[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 36 to the wired LAN for services (file servers, p rinters, Internet links) they will operate in infrastructure mode. Example 1: wireless Infrastructure Mode Ad hoc mode (also called peer -to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set, or IBSS) is simply a set of 802.1 1 wireless [...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 37 4.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference? Factors of interference: ¾ Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture … etc. ¾ Building Materials: metal door , aluminum studs. ¾ Electrical devices: microwaves, m onitors and electrical motors. Solutions to overcome th[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 38 fragments each of size equal to fragment threshold. By tuning the fragment threshold value, we can get varying fragment sizes. Th e determination of an ef ficient fragment threshold is an important issue in this sche m e. If the fragment threshold is sm all, the overlap part of t[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 39 stations to establish and maintain co mmunications in an orderly fashion. Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beaco n transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station n eeds the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (an[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 40 authentication server , typical ly one that supports RADIUS and the selected EAP authentication protocol, will be added to the ne twork. 4.16 What is 802.1x Authentication? 802.1x is a framework for authenticated MAC-le vel access control, defines Extensible Authentication Protoc[...]

USER’S MANUAL OF X-MICRO WLAN 11b BROADBAND ROUTER V ersion: 2.6 41 4.21 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)? UPnP is an open networking arch itecture that consists of se rvices, devices, and control points. The ultim ate goal is to allow data communication among all UPnP devices regardless of media, operating system, programm ing language, an[...]

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